Friday, June 5, 2009

Will Indian Government Act Upon Its Promises?

Recently the BJP has announced that it would keep a close watch on the promises made by the Congress led Government. This is really a very good step to not only maintain “Democracy” but also to keep “Checks and Balances” upon the ruling Government so that it may not pass Legislations in a “Casual Manner” as it did during the December, 2008 session of the Parliament.

Perry4Law would also “Systematically Analyse” the Policies and Strategies of GOI for its five year tenure in general and 100 days promised period in particular.


DHS Advisory Council Roped In Jeff Moss For Strengthening Cyber Security

Forget the new cyber security czar position that President Barack Obama announced last week. The real sign that the White House might be finally taking cyber security seriously came in an announcement on Friday that Jeff Moss, aka “Dark Tangent” and the former hacker behind the annual DefCon hacker confab in Las Vegas, has been appointed to the Department of Homeland Security’s Advisory Council (HSAC).

SOURCE: WIRED.COM

CVC Registers Complaint Against UGC Chairman

Facing flak in the last few days, more trouble seems to be in store for UGC chairman S K Thorat with the Central Vigilance Commission registering a complaint against him on a series of allegations ranging from his involvement in pushing through Rs 224 crore e-governance project, corruption in grant of deemed university status and misusing UGC's resources to run his own institute Indian Institute of Dalit Studies.

SOURCE: TOI

Indian Government’s 100 Days Workplan Under Scanner

Perry4Law has been providing the “Critical Analysis” of the Governmental Policies from time to time. It has also decided to “Systematically Analyse” the Policies and Strategies of GOI for its five year tenure in general and 100 days promised period in particular. A special attention would be given to techno-legal issues including e-governance in India, legal enablement of ICT systems in India, cyber law in India, cyber security in India, cyber forensics in India, e-courts in India, etc. Similarly, special attention would be given to policy issues pertaining to information and communication technology (ICT).

Fortunately, BJP has announced that it would also keep a close watch on the promises made by the Congress led Government. A good strategy for BJP would be to keep ready its own ideas and policies that are not only sensible but also good alternatives for the proposed policies by the government. With this we can hope for better laws and effective and transparent governance in India.